Insight Multi-Asset weekly update – week beginning 21 October, 2019

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Market and economic review Last week was characterised by relatively light trading volumes across markets. There was similarly limited progress in the ongoing trade dispute between the US and China.

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update – week beginning 15 October, 2019

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Market and economic review Positive developments in both trade and Brexit result in a strong week for equities Despite last week beginning with a series of negative headlines around the

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update – week beginning 8 October, 2019

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Market and economic review US data disappoints markets The US ISM non-manufacturing print was much weaker than expected at 52.6 (55.0 expected), the lowest level since August 2016. Meanwhile, the

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Insight Multi-Asset update – week beginning 30 September, 2019

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Market and economic review Markets had a lot to digest last week ranging from a variety of data releases, political challenges and trade war developments. Once consumed, developed market equities

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update

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Market and economic review  Despite a number of updates from central banks, weak data releases and geopolitical tensions, last week was a fairly quiet week for market performance. Equities retraced some

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update – week commencing 9 September, 2019

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Market and economic review US-China trade talks resume and constructive political developments support risk assets Risk assets performed well last week as investor sentiment was buoyed by a series of

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update – week commencing 2 September, 2019

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Market and economic review  US-China trade uncertainties drive risk sentiment Risk assets performed well over the week as US-China trade tensions improved. Due to an escalation in US-China trade tensions

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Insight weekly multi-asset update: week beginning 26 August, 2019

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Market and economic review Equity volatility falls and bond yields rise despite uninspiring global growth prints Global equities were broadly mixed last week with most major indices climbing around 1%

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update: PMIs for Japan, Europe and the US will remain under scrutiny

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Market and economic review A Stellar week for government bonds, as longer-dated yields reach record lows At the start of last week, 30-year US government bonds were yielding 2.25%, having

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update: Interest rate cuts overshadowed by ongoing US-China trade war

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Market and economic review This week’s economic data overshadowed by trade war concerns While the primary driver of risk assets last week has been the escalation in US-China trade tensions,

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